US Sanctions on Iran

Peter Whittle: I note the content of your video conversation with Tehran’s Mayor Pirouz Hanachi on 24 April 20201. What representations have you made to Her Majesty’s Government in respect of sanctions placed on the Iranian regime by the United States?

[1] https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/04/24/623818/Hanachi-Sadiq-Khan-Tehran-London-coronavirus

The Mayor: The request for a call from the Mayor of Tehran was passed to my office by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), which was highly supportive of the call taking place. In addition to discussing the measures that London and Tehran had taken to respond to the pandemic, I took the opportunity to raise the plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals in prison in Iran, and Mayor Hanachi agreed to relay my comments to the Iranian Government.